In this issue:Fra Presidenten 1NORTANA BUSINESS 2NORTANA Meeting Minutes 2Save the date! 3Congratulations! 3Research & Study Opportunities 4

CARLA Summer Institutes 2014 4Call for Streams for SASS 2015 in Columbus, Ohio 4Fullbright Scholar Program 4Norway Seminar 2014 5Position Opening 5Speech Synthesizer Position for Nordic Languages 5

Ongoing Research 6News, Reports & Resources 6

Beginning Norwegian Online 7Vintage Vor Tid Issues 7Norwegian freelancer wanted 7Reviews & Publications 7Pakkis in English Translation 7Bygden på Elvenesset in English Translation 7Church Resistance to Nazism in Norway, 1940-1945 7Janus, Louis. Review of Exploring Norwegian Grammar 8Marta Oulie: A Novel Of Betrayal 8We Are All Scandinavians: Norwegian-American Press Reac-tion to the 1938 Swedish Tercentenary 9Not Norwegian, but Marvelous Poetry! 9More Than Just Fairy Tales 9Danish Folktales, Legends, and Other Stories 10The History of Fatherhood in Norway: 1850-2012 10Experiences of War and Nationality in Denmark and Norway, 1807-1815 10Det norske demokratiet 11Fridommens grenser 1814-1851 111814: Miraklenes år 11ord / kjøtt: norsk scenedramatikk 1890–2000 12

Reading Group Guides 12NORTANA Membership Information 13NORTANA Executive Committee 2014-2017 13

NORTANA NEWS SPRING 2014 Newsletter for the Norwegian Researchers & Teachers Association of North America

Fra PresidentenDear NORTANA members:

Spring has finally come to the Red River Valley and with it the end of the semester and the anticipation

of an eventful summer. Amid the fever-ish seasonal tempo, I hope that everyone was able to join in the excitement of the bicentenary celebration of Norway’s

constitution on the 17th of May. Events continue through the calendar year, so keep abreast of coming attractions on both sides of the ocean by visiting the celebration homepage. https://www.stortinget.no/grunnloven200

An e-mail from me in May announced the incoming executive committee, but the officers embarking on a new three-year term bear repeating here:

President – Melissa Gjellstad (University of North Dakota)

Vice President – Jan Sjåvik (University of Washington)

Secretary – Peggy Hager (University of Wisconsin)

Treasurer – Gergana May (Indiana University)

Newsletter – Milda Halvorson (Concordia College)

Bjørn Jensen – Margaret O’Leary (St. Olaf College) & Peggy Hager (University of Wisconsin)

Webmaster – Rennesa Jessup (Minnesota State Univer-sity-Mankato)

We assumed the responsibilities at the March NORTANA meeting at the 2014 SASS Conference, and we once again heart-ily thank outgoing President Claudia Berguson and her execu-tive team for the vision and leadership they demonstrated during their term. The incoming board had a conference call earlier this spring and we anticipate our first face-to-face meeting this fall at Norgesseminaret, which will be held 16-19 October at the Univer-sity of Washington in Seattle. Sincere thanks to the coordinating team at UW and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Washington for their ongoing work to organize a vibrant seminar on “The Arctic.”

Thinking ahead to autumn ought not overshadow the oppor-tunities of summer. An important way NORTANA members benefit from our organization is via the financial support for our research, made manifest in housing at the Bjørn Jensen apart-ment in Oslo, bostøtte for those living outside the capital, and

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NORTANA BUSINESStravel grants generously co-sponsored by the Royal Norwegian Embassy and the Norwegian Centre for International Cooper-ation in Education (SiU). Please share with our Newsletter edi-tor the fruits of your academic labors so that we all might keep abreast of the cutting edge teaching, research, and creative activ-ity we engage in to move our discipline forward.

With travel plans of my own on the horizon, my thoughts have been drifting to the 30,000 foot view of our discipline and the work we do. The MLA published the “Foreign Languages and Higher Education” report in 2007 advocating for translingual and transcultural competence as the outcome for undergraduate lan-guage majors. Seven years later, my sense is that our institutions are still in the process of this curricular transformation while we simultaneously must persuade our students, administrators, and external stakeholders of the value of the humanities in higher education. A more recent report from the American Academy of Arts & Sciences entitled “The Heart of the Matter” offers three goals for how the humanities and social sciences create a vibrant and competitive citizenry. While traces of our work permeate the entire document, the third goal aspires directly to “equip the nation for leadership in an interconnected world” by promoting language learning, expanding education in transna-tional studies, and supporting study abroad and international exchange. Statements like these inspire me and bring relevance anew to the work we do with Norwegian and Scandinavian stud-ies, as we articulate arguments for humanities as a whole and less commonly taught languages in particular.

My challenge to you is think of ways our organization can help you foster translingual and transcultural competence in your students, grow enrollments and retain majors, insist on for-eign language competency in graduate education, and fortify the discipline for coming generations of scholars. We brainstormed together on this topic two years ago (see Spring and Fall 2012 newsletters for published results), and our task is to implement and build upon these recommendations locally. The charge in our charter is to “enhance Norwegian studies in North Amer-ica.” I applaud everyone for your tireless energy to fulfill this mission and appeal to you all to allow the collective to bolster individual efforts as we answer queries such as “Why Norway, and why now?” with our measurable outcomes.

Healthy debates on these topics about the future of higher education mirror an expectation of the bicentennial celebration, as stated in the organizational committee’s objectives: “to gen-erate debate about the main challenges facing democracy in the future, and to stimulate reflection, engagement and participation in the democratic processes.” I anticipate engaging in these dia-logues with you in the months to come.

God sommer!

Melissa Gjellstad

NORTANA President

NORTANA Meeting Minutes15 March 2014

SASS Conference; New Haven, CT

The meeting was called to order by President Claudia Bergu-son at 1:00 p.m.

WelcomePresident Berguson wished everyone welcome, and invit-

ed everyone to introduce themselves quickly around all tables. There were 27 members and 6 non-members/guests present.

Officers’ ReportsVice President – Ingrid Urberg was not present; no report

given.

Treasurer – Gergana May reported that NORTANA has a balance of $8462. May encouraged members to double check their addresses and membership expiration dates on the circu-lating database. Visitors were asked to sign in on the attendance roster. May requested members with expired accounts to pay dues to her today or at the conference.

Secretary – Melissa Gjellstad had no report other than last meeting’s minutes, which she circulated via an email linking to the newsletter. Gjellstad noted one change in the minutes.

Newsletter – Milda Halvorson was not present; no report given. However, Berguson reminded members that the NOR-TANA Newsletter is published twice a year, and requested that news, announcements, book and film reviews, publications, con-ferences, teaching tips, and any other information that would benefit the membership be sent to Halvorson.

Webpage – John Weinstock has no report.

Bjørn Jensen Apartment – Margaret O’Leary presented a list of 2014 residents. The apartment is rented out until 31 May 2014, and available for a short summer stint until 16 June 2014 and again from 06-15 August. There is a pending application from that date for the academic year. O’Leary reminded mem-bers that bostøtte also exists for those who choose to live outside of Oslo or apply for a stay while the apartment is rented; that deadline is rolling, so submit according to guidelines listed on our web page.

New BusinessTravel stipend for Ph.D. students to attend Norgesseminaret

Berguson reported that the award is small at $250, but this amount does help defer travel costs to the seminar. The applica-tion period is open now (more information online and in the call for applications) with a deadline of 15 May.

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NORTANA ReisepengerApplications are also open for the Travel Grant Application

for NORTANA members financed by the Royal Norwegian Embassy and the Norwegian Center for Cooperation in Educa-tion (SiU). Deadline for applications is 01 April.

Election 2014Berguson thanked the outgoing board for good service, and

for her term as President before passing the torch to the newly elected board.

May thanked President Berguson for her leadership and sup-port during her tenure as NORTANA President.

Gjellstad thanked the membership on behalf of the new board for their votes of confidence. Because of the early SASS meeting this year, the elected executive committee has not yet met to decide on the delegation of leadership roles.

Norgesseminaret 2014 Gjellstad reported that plans are moving forward for the up-

coming Norgesseminaret, which will be held in Seattle from 16-19 October and focus on “The Arctic” as a theme. The University of Washington will host our stay; UW and UD ask this year that members share hotel rooms with a favorite colleague. More in-formation to follow.

AnnouncementsNew Books – Charles Peterson announced that Nordic

Studies Press has recently published a new English translation of Khalid Hussain’s novel Pakkis, translated by Ingeborg Kongslien and Claudia Berguson. The young adult novel The Most Beautiful Dawn by Elle Márjá Vars is also available. Contact him or find the press online to purchase.

Tenure and promotion – Kari Lie Dorer (St. Olaf)

Textbooks – Kari Lie Dorer and Nancy Aarsvold will be working on revisions to Sett i gang during Dorer’s sabbatical next year. Margaret O’Leary and Dean Krouk shared information about the revision plans. The Fall 2014 segment consists of a new web portal, to be built over the summer, which will be available to pilot by August 1, 2014. Contact Dorer by June 1 to join the pilot group for the new portal. The Winter/Spring 2015 segment includes a revision of volumes I and II of the Sett i gang textbook. Contact Dorer at kari.l.dorer@gmail.com with questions.

Job openings – part-time lecturer (Norwegian) at St. Olaf to teach language courses for the 2014-15 academic year. Final application deadline is April 1, 2014.

AdjournmentMeeting adjourned by Melissa Gjellstad at 1:20 p.m.

Save the date!July 1, 2014 Call for Streams for SASS 2015

August 1, 2014 Application deadline for the Fullbright Scholar Program

July 7-August 1, 2014 (dates vary) CARLA Summer Institutes 2014 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

August 5-9, 2014 International Association of Scandinavian Studies (IASS) 2014 “Litteratur inter artes” University of Agder, Kristiansand

October 16-19, 2014 Norway Seminar 2014 University of Washington, Seattle

Congratulations!

We congratulate:Dr. Christopher Hale on his retirement from the University of Alberta where he has taught since the fall of 1970.

Dr. Ingrid Urberg (University of Alberta) with the sabbatical leave for the academic year 2014-2015.

Dr. Melissa Gjellstad (University of North Dakota) with tenure and promotion to Associate Professor.

Dr. Kari Lie Dorer (St. Olaf College) with tenure, promotion to Associate Professor, and sabbatical leave for the academic year of 2014-2015.

Dr. Milda Halvorson (Concordia College) with the sabbatical leave for the fall semester 2014 and with the award of NOR-TANA Travel Grant to present at the IASS conference in Kristiansand this summer.

Dr. Daron W. Olson (Indiana University East) with the publication of his article “We Are All Scandinavians: Norwe-gian-American Press Reaction to the 1938 Swedish Tercente-nary” and with the award of NORTANA Travel Grant and Indiana University East Faculty Support Research Grant to conduct research in Norway this summer.

Dr. Claudia Berguson (Pacific Lutheran University) and Dr. Ingeborg Kongslien (University of Oslo) with the new En-glish translation of the novel Pakkis by Khalid Hussain.

Dr. Roger Greewald (Innis College, University of Toron-to) with the new English translation of the poetry collection Guarding the Air: Selected Poems of Gunnar Harding.

Dr. John Weinstock with the new English translation of the novel Bygden på Elvenesset by Matti Aikio.

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Research & Study Opportunities

CARLA Summer Institutes 2014Join the more than 4,300 language teachers who have chosen

the CARLA summer institute program for their professional de-velopment. Select from a wide variety of topics that are designed to link research with practical classroom applications designed especially for immersion teachers and language teachers. Also check out the unique Advanced Practices in Second Language Teaching certificate offered in conjunction with the institutes.

Some of these institutes are already full and many are nearly full, so don’t delay!

Summer Institutes for Language TeachersCARLA offers a range of institutes targeted at foreign lan-

guage and ESL teachers from a variety of teaching levels and contexts. Check the individual pages to find the best fit for you!

Using the Web for Communicative Language Learning and Professional Development (on line)—Full! (Waiting List Open) July 7–August 10, 2014

Using Technology in Second Language Teaching—Full! (Waiting List Open) July 14–18, 2014

Focusing on Learner Language: Second Language Acqui-sition Basics for Teachers July 14–18, 2014

Improving Language Learning: Styles- and Strate-gies-Based Instruction July 14–18, 2014

Culture as the Core in the Second Language Classroom—Nearly Full! July 21–25, 2014

Content-Based Language Instruction and Curriculum Development July 21–25, 2014

Developing Assessments for the Second Language Class-room—Full! (Waiting List Open) July 28–August 1, 2014

Language and Culture in Sync: Teaching the Pragmatics of a Second Language July 28–August 1, 2014

Developing Materials for Language Teaching July 28–Au-gust 1, 2014

Detailed information: http://www.carla.umn.edu/institutes

Register: http://www.carla.umn.edu/institutes/registration.html

Questions? Email us at: carla@umn.edu

Fullbright Scholar ProgramApplications for the 2015-16 academic year are currently

being accepted from all levels of faculty and professionals, in-cluding early career. Awards are available in Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden. I hope you will you will consider submitting an application, as well as share this information with interested colleagues. Highlights of available awards include:

• Iceland: Folkloristics The selected scholar will teach and conduct research on non-western mythologies and folkloristics at the University of Iceland, Reykjavik. Potential areas of teaching include Old Norse religions, folk legends, folk beliefs, ballads and folklore in the 19th century.

Call for Streams for SASS 2015 in Columbus, Ohio

The Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study in 2015 will be held at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, on May 7-9. In keeping with the past few SASS conferences, this conference will feature a variety of thematic streams, which are designed to cluster papers and

sessions dealing with similar topics. Since the streams will need to be established before the main Call For Papers goes out in August, we give you the first part of the summer to develop the ideas and necessary collaborations. Once stream topics have been established, they will be included in the CFP and confer-ence participants will then be encouraged to consider submitting a proposal for a presentation or panel within one of the streams as a way of fostering interdisciplinary discussion. The confer-ence organizers invite the submission of additional stream pro-posals by July 1, 2014 to SASSin2015@gmail.com.

Popular streams at recent SASS conferences have included:

• Scandinavian Crime Fiction

• Digital Humanities

• Strindberg and the Avant-Garde

• Performance Studies and Nordic Cultures

• Dimensions of Diversity in Norden • Values, Belief, and Community

• Focus on “Nordatlanten”

• The State of the Field

• Arctic Studies

• Found in Translation

One of the streams at the 2015 SASS conference will high-light the Presidential Theme of “First Nations and Indigenous Discourses, Methodologies, and Histories.” It is listed below as an example.

Stream Proposal: First Nations and Indigenous Discourses, Methodologies, and Histories Building on the historical and symbolic importance of Columbus, Ohio as a site of encoun-ters between indigenous peoples and newcomers, this stream explores the ways in which discourses about indigenous popu-lation and First Nations peoples are represented in the history, literature, culture, and public life of the Nordic countries.

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• Finland: Fulbright-University of Tampere Scholar Award The selected scholar will teach and conduct research at any of the nine schools associated with the University of Tampere. Applications are accepted in any field represented at the University of Tampere.

• Norway: All Disciplines Applications are accepted in all appropriate disciplines and scholars may affiliate with any institution of higher education or research in Norway. The selected scholar will have the opportuni-ty to teach, conduct research or both in their area of interest.

• Sweden: All Disciplines The selected scholar will teach, conduct research or both in their area of inter-est. Scholar proposals can be for any discipline and the award is open for affiliation at any institution of higher education or research in Sweden.

More information about the Fulbright Scholar Program can be found on our website, www.cies.org, and the complete cata-log of teaching and research awards worldwide can be accessed online at http://catalog.cies.org/. We also have a series of we-binars that are an excellent resource for potential applicants. Recent highlights include “Fulbright Distinguished Chairs in Europe” and “Discover Europe: Fulbright Opportunities Be-yond Capital Cities.” Applicants must be U.S. citizens and the deadline for these awards is August 1, 2014.

Norway Seminar 2014The 2014 Norway Seminar will be held at the University of

Washington, Seattle, October 16-19, 2014. Supported by the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Washington, D.C., and the De-partment of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Washing-ton, this year’s topic is “The Arctic.” Speakers will include: Anka Ryall, University of Tromsø, Per Selle, University of Bergen, As-trid Ogilvie, Fridtjof Nansen Professor in Arctic Studies at Ak-ureyri University in Iceland, and Annette Orre, literary critic with Aftenposten and currently with Den norske sjømannskirken in New York. Invitations to NORTANA members will be sent out in May and RSVPs are requested to be sent to Professor Terje Leiren, University of Washington, leiren@uw.edu. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hotel Deca in the University District of Seattle. The seminar will meet on the UW campus. Also meeting during the same weekend is NORTANA’s Swedish sister association, ASTRA, also featuring the Arctic as a theme of their meeting.

detailed knowledge of Norwegian literature. Expertise in mod-ern Norwegian literature is highly desirable, and a knowledge of the Norwegian diaspora is also welcome. Documented evidence of teaching excellence required.

Principal duties: Candidate will be expected to teach and ad-vise undergraduate and graduate students in Scandinavian liter-ature and culture and Norwegian language; conduct scholarly research in area of expertise; and perform university and com-munity service as appropriate.

Applications are to be submitted in hard copy, including a letter of intent, a current C.V., a writing sample, and a teaching dossier to Kirsten Wolf, Department of Scandinavian Stud-ies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1306 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706. To ensure full con-sideration, applications must be received by October 1, 2014. Three letters of reference should be sent under separate cover by the October 1, 2014 deadline. For further information call +608-262-2090. EOE/AA. Women and minorities are encour-aged to apply. Note: Unless confidentiality is requested in writ-ing, information regarding the applicants must be released upon request. Finalists cannot be guaranteed confidentiality.

Speech Synthesizer Position for Nordic Languages

2 positions available 1 for Arabic and 1 for Nordic Languages (Norwegian, Swedish, Danish).

Brief Job Description:You will be helping with technical tasks involved in creating a speech synthesizer. This includes:1. Developing rules for a text normalization system; 2. Large scale data mining; 3. Customizing language building tools for either Arabic, Nor-wegian, Swedish, Danish 4. TTS quality evaluation.

Preferred Qualifications:1. Recent CS or Computational Linguistics graduate or closely related discipline 2. Native-level speaker of Arabic for one of the positions, and speaker of Norwegian, Swedish or Danish for the second posi-tion. Must be fluent in English: 3. Proficiency in Unix/Python/C++4. Interest in data mining and natural language processing a plusProject duration: 6-11 months (with potential for extension) **This is not a permanent position but a contract position through an employment agency. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the EU.** For immediate consideration, please email your CV and cover letter in English (PDF format preferred) with “TTS Language Engineer [Language]” in the subject line. Application Deadline: (Open until filled) Email Address for Applications: tts_jobs@google.com Contact Information: Viviana Montoya

Position OpeningFull-time Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at the Uni-versity of Wisconsin-Madison available 8/26/2015.Degree and area of specialization: Ph.D. or equivalent in the

study of the literature and cultures of Norway. Candidate should possess near-native fluency in Norwegian, a general knowledge of pan-Scandinavian literature and cultural history, as well as a

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Ongoing Research

My Dear Book: The Kravik-Lokensgard Diaries, 1878-1888I have been working on a project for some time, translating

and editing a set of diaries written by a husband and wife be-tween 1878 and 1888. I believe these texts are so interesting and informative that they need to be made available to the reading public. I have been exploring doing this through e-publishing, and would welcome any feedback from any of you that have had experience with self-published e-books. I’m working on pre-paring the manuscripts through Kindle Direct Publishing and Smashwords. If you have worked with either of these, or have suggestions for other venues, please weigh in. So far, I’ve been working on formatting volumes one and two for KDP, but have not tried uploading it, so am not sure if it is workable yet. Below is a description of the project.

My Dear Book: The Kravik-Lokensgard Diaries, 1878-1888 is planned as a three-volume work that contains my translations of the diaries of Ellen and Ole Lokensgard, written almost entirely in Norwegian over a ten-year period from the time they begin their courtship until shortly after the birth of their third child. Ellen Kravik and Ole Lokensgard met when she was a student at the Norwegian-American Monona Academy, and he was a stu-dent at the Norwegian-American Lutheran seminary housed in the same building in Madison, Wisconsin. I have translated and edited all the diaries that were available to me, a total of 15. Each volume is planned to begin with an introduction that outlines the biographies of Ellen and Ole, giving their family backgrounds and placing them in a historical and geographical context, as well as describing the diaries themselves. The first volume, “Wis-consin: School, Courtship, Farm Life,” includes four of Ellen’s diaries and one of Ole’s, covering the period from December of 1878 up to their wedding in June of 1881. This section reveals not only their courtship and life at school, but also tells much about farm life in a Norwegian-American community in rural Wisconsin. The second volume, “Marriage and Parsonage Life,” covers the period from their move to Minnesota in July of 1881 through December of 1884. This volume tells of their early mar-ried life in their new home in Granite Falls, Minnesota, and Ole’s early years as pastor of several rural congregations. This volume includes four of Ellen’s diaries and two of Ole’s. Volume Three, “Family and Congregation,” covers the period from January of 1885 to December of 1888 and includes four of Ellen’s diaries and two written by Ole. This final volume gives many details of their family life, including the heart-wrenching story of the illness and death of their first child at the age of one.

One of the issues I’m struggling with is how or whether to include photos or maps. Most of the e-books I read do not in-clude such, and I’m not sure how well they will work with some of the myriad devices used to read e-books, so if you have an opinion on that, or anything else about this on-going project, please let me know. Again, feedback is most welcome. Send any comments to zempel@stolaf.edu

News, Reports & Resources

New coordinator for Scandinavian Studies in Telemark Dear NORTANA members,

My name is Heidi Christoffersen and I am the new coordinator for Scandinavian Studies in Telemark at Telemark University College in Bø, Norway.

I started teaching Norwegian at the university college in 2004, but this past fall I was hired for a full time position as an Assistant Professor and Coordinator for the

Scandinavian Studies program here. Previously, I have taught Norwegian, English and social studies in various high schools in Telemark and at an international school in Belgium.

Scandinavian Studies in Telemark offers a semester or year of academic study and social opportunity to explore the Nor-wegian way of life and the Norwegian language, and gives a spe-cial insight to Telemark county. The fall and spring semesters offer a broad range of academic themes. This year we have two new courses; Nordic Model (spring and fall semester) and Peace Studies (spring semester). For further information, please see our web site http://www.hit.no/eng

It is very enriching to teach Norwegian language, literature and culture to North-American students. This spring, I also had the opportunity to visit the Midwest for the first time, and some of our partners there. It was beneficial both for understanding the educational and campus system and understanding the ex-pectations of the students.

I have recently become a member of NORTANA and hope that we can collaborate in different ways to promote the inter-est for the Norwegian language and culture through student exchanges, possible workshops, guest lectures and teacher ex-changes in various ways.

You are more than welcome to visit Bø at any time. As some of you know, Bø is situated in the middle of Telemark, only two hours from Oslo with a direct train connection.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or are planning to visit!

Sincerely,

Heidi Christoffersen

Heidi.Christoffersen@hit.no

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Vintage Vor Tid IssuesMy wife rescued from her mother’s recycling five 1905-06 vin-

tage “Vor Tid” magazines, a Minneapolis-based publication with articles mostly written in Norwegian and ads mostly in English -- a good snapshot of life here over 100 years ago. If you know of a good use for them, I’ll gladly pass them along. Thank you!

Dave Brudevold dave@brudevold.com

St Paul

Beginning Norwegian OnlineThe University of North Dakota will offer an online course

in beginning Norwegian starting August 25-December 19 with the subsequent course NORW 102 to be offered in Fall 2014 and Spring 2015. Registration is currently open. Visit http://arts-sciences.und.edu/languages/norwegian/online-courses.cfm for more information and links, or contact Dr. Melissa Gjellstad at melissa.gjellstad@email.und.edu

Norwegian freelancer wantedMy name is Mary Kirchman, and I graduated from the Uni-

versity of Minnesota with a German Major in 2007. I am now working at a localization/translation company in Denver. I have a bit of an odd request that I’m hoping you may be able to help me with. We are looking for a mother-tongue Norwegian free-lancer who knows how to do PPC paid search marketing cam-paigns.

Since I know there is a large Scandinavian population in Min-nesota and around the GSD Department, I thought you may be able to recommend someone who I could get in touch with for this type of work. Or if you could refer me to someone else who may have a recommendation, that would also be helpful.

Thanks so much,

Mary Kirchman Range mbkirchman@gmail.com

Reviews & Publications

Pakkis in English TranslationThe English translation of Pakkis is now available from Nordic Studies Press. The novel, written by Khalid Hussain and translated by Claudia Berguson (Pacific Lutheran Universi-ty) and Ingeborg Kongslien (Universi-ty of Oslo), tells the story of a teenage Pakistani immigrant boy to Oslo. The novel is a valuable text for those teach-ing on the topics of Nordic immigra-tion and migrant literature. First pub-lished in 1986, the topics of immigrant identity formation, generational con-

flicts for adolescent immigrants, and the perspective of immi-grant youth presented in Pakkis remain relevant today.

Pakkis can be ordered through contacting Nordic Studies Press at www.NordicStudiesPress.com. The ISBN is 0-9772714-7-1. The price is $17.99.

Bygden på Elvenesset in English Translation

John Weinstock (University of Texas at Austin) recently fin-ished translating Matti Aikio’s Bygden på Elvenesset, a wonderful novel that appeared shortly after Aikio’s death in 1929. It takes place in and around Karasjok in the late 19th century. It presents a good picture of the different Sámi groups (reindeer herders, farmers, coastal Sámi, and more), North Norwegians and Kvens at the time. Aikio was born in 1872 and didn’t begin learning Norwegian until he was 18 years old. He spent his rather short

life as a journalist in Oslo and wrote a number of novels and was also a talented artist. Aikio decided to write and publish in Norwegian, something the more radical Sámi were opposed to. He died of tuberculosis shortly before Bygden på Elvenesset was published. Weinstock hopes to get the English version out soon.

Church Resistance to Nazism in Norway, 1940-1945

Hassing, Arne. Church Resistance to Nazism in Norway, 1940-1945. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2014. 424 pages. 978-0295994543. 30USD (Paperback). 50USD (Hardcover).

Church Resistance to Nazism in Norway, 1940-1945 examines the evolution of the Lutheran state Church of Norway in response to the German occupation. While German Prot-estant churches generally accepted Nazism and state incorporation, Norway’s churches rejected both Nazism and ideological alignment. Arne Hassing moves through the history of the Church of Norway’s relationship to the Nazi state, from its initial confused complicities to its

open resistance and separation. He writes engagingly of the people at the center of this struggle, and reflects on how the resistance affected the post-war church and state.

Arne Hassing is professor emeritus of religious studies at Northern Arizona University.

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Janus, Louis. Review of Exploring Norwegian Grammar

Kirsti Mac Donald and Marianne MacDonald. Exploring Nor-wegian Grammar. Oslo: Cappelen Damm, 2013. 143 pages. ISBN 9788202403331, 355 NOK. The accompanying website http://exploringnorwegiangrammar.cappelendamm.no/

In 14 lively and colorful chap-ters, this book presents all the important aspects of Norwe-gian grammar, from genders of nouns to prepositions. Chapter 1 sets the tone of the book with the title “Politeness in a blunt country.” In presenting polite-ness of asking how one can go slightly more deeply “… it is best not to admit to any excessive feelings of joy, success, or gen-eral smugness, since bragging is undesirable too.” (p. 10)

This book’s writing is straight-forward and direct, but it is always encouraging for learner. Prep-ositions are introduced with the statement: “When you ask a for-eigner what they find difficult about Norwegian grammar, the answer is quite likely to be ‘prepositions.’ This even applies to people whose language is quite closely related to Norwegian (p. 100). Then with clear examples and organization. It covers “av, etter, for, fra, hos, i, med, mot, om, over, på, siden, til, under, uten, and ved in the next few pages. There is a special section called “Where are you på or i.” Once again the example phrases are clearly chosen to help the learner. The chapter on preposi-tions concludes with a description of prepositional expressions, like “i løpe av…Jeg har lyst på en kopp te, and “Jeg er sikker på at det går bra.” While such a list could go on almost infinitely, the selected expressions seem to the ones our students (at most levels) are most in need of remembering.

Each chapter has an attractive photo and an index of the major topics.

The online grammar exercises found at http://exploring-norwegiangrammar.cappelendamm.no/give questions, multiple choice answers, and the opportunity to check one’s answers:

When you click on “sjekk svar” you see the correct answer.

In addition to rearranging words to create the correct word order, some exercises ask students to select the correct form of words some have students draw lines from pictures to gram-matically correct descriptions (colors words); some have radio buttons to select the correct forms. These varied formats serve to keep students interested in what could be otherwise boring exercises.

On the whole, this package is a welcome addition for ele-mentary learners of Norwegian. It is less dreary and monoto-nous than some grammar books are. But I hazard a guess that its depth does not give enough for our more inquisitive students to chew on.

Marta Oulie: A Novel Of BetrayalUndset, Sigrid. Marta Oulie: A Novel Of Betrayal. Trans. Tiina Nunnaly. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2014. 978-0816692521. 128 pages. 15.95 (Paperback)

“I have been unfaithful to my husband.” Marta Oulie’s opening line scandalized Norwegian read-ers in 1907. And yet, Sigrid Undset had a gift for depicting modern women “sympathetically but with merciless truthfulness,” as the Swedish Academy noted in award-ing her the Nobel Prize for Litera-ture in 1928. At the time she was one of the youngest recipients and only the third woman so honored. It was Undset’s honest story of a young woman’s love life—“the im-

moral kind,” as she herself bluntly put it—that made her first novel an instant sensation in Norway.

Marta Oulie, written in the form of a diary, intimately docu-ments the inner life of a young woman disappointed and con-strained by the conventions of marriage as she longs for an all-consuming passion. Set in Kristiania (now Oslo) at the begin-ning of the twentieth century, Undset’s book is an incompara-ble psychological portrait of a woman whose destiny is defined by the changing mores of her day—as she descends, inevitably, into an ever-darker reckoning. Remarkably, though Undset’s oth-er works have attracted generations of readers, Marta Oulie has

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More Than Just Fairy TalesAllen, Julie K. ed. More than Just Fairy Tales. New Approaches to the Stories of Hans Christian Andersen. San Diego: Cognella, 2014. ISBN: 9781626610187. 172 pages. Print (Paperback) 36,95 USD, digital 33,95 USD, print and digital 46,95.

More Than Just Fairy Tales takes an innovative look at the clas-sic tales of Hans Christian Andersen. Rather than viewing the stories as purely self-contained units or simplistic narratives for children, the essays in this volume employ critical reading strate-gies and literary theory to explore thematic connections between the tales and thereby illustrate meaningful patterns in Andersen’s oeuvre.

The chapters in this vol-ume cover a wide range of topics, including the linguistic innovations characteristic of Andersen’s literary style, illus-trations of Andersen’s tales, film adaptations of Andersen’s biography, and in-depth explo-rations of specific themes that play a central role in Anders-en’s work, such as anthropo-morphism, modernity, travel, religion, art and the artist, and social criticism.

More Than Just Fairy Tales provides fresh insights into a semi-nal figure in European and international children’s literature. It demonstrates that Andersen’s stories have stood the test of time by addressing issues and ideas that are constants of the human condition.

This book is well suited for use in undergraduate courses in children’s literature, Scandinavian and Germanic literature, and folklore. Each chapter’s close, critical reading of thematically linked clusters of Andersen’s tales facilitates a deeper understand-ing of both Andersen’s most popular and lesser-known works, while teaching students how to apply critical reading strategies more generally. In more advanced courses, this approach lays the groundwork for independent research and analysis.

Julie K. Allen holds a Ph.D. in Germanic languages and liter-atures from Harvard University. Dr. Allen is the Paul and Renate Madsen associate professor of Danish in the Department of Scandinavian Studies, as well as an affiliate faculty member in German, Material Culture, and Religious Studies at the Univer-sity of Wisconsin, Madison, where she also serves as director of the ScanDesign Fellowship Program. She is the author of Icons of Danish Modernity: Georg Brandes and Asta Nielsen, co-trans-lator of The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen, and has published extensively on nineteenth and twentieth century German and Danish literature, culture, and film.

never before appeared in English translation. Tiina Nunnally, whose award-winning translation of Undset’s Kristin Lavransdat-ter captured the author’s beautifully clear style, conveys the voice of Marta Oulie with all the stark poignancy of the original Nor-wegian.

Tiina Nunnally is the translator of more than fifty works of fiction, including Kristin Lavransdatter and Jenny by Sigrid Undset, The Royal Physician’s Visit by Per Olov Enquist, and The Land of Dreams by Vidar Sundstøl (Minnesota, 2013).

We Are All Scandinavians: Norwe-gian-American Press Reaction to the 1938 Swedish Tercentenary

Daron Olson’s article “We Are All Scandinavians: Norwe-gian-American Press Reaction to the 1938 Swedish Tercente-nary” was published in the Swedish-American Historical Quarterly Vol. 65 No.1 (January 2014): 3-30. He also received a NORTA-NA Travel Grant and Indiana University East Faculty Support Research Grant to conduct research in Norway this summer. Daron Olson will analyze how Norway maintained its nation-al interest and identity while being occupied during World War II. He is especially interested in how Norway’s exile nationalism functioned in both Britain (where the government was in exile) and the United States (where the merchant marine and promi-nent Norwegians resided).

Not Norwegian, but Marvelous Poetry!

Roger Greenwald is pleased to announce the publication of GUARDING THE AIR: SELECTED POEMS OF GUN-NAR HARDING, which Roger has edited and translated from Swedish.

This selection includes 112 poems drawn from eleven of Harding’sbooks, line drawings by Harding, a brief introductionby Roger, Harding’s prefaces to his three Swedish volumes of select-ed poems, and extensive endnotes. (Boston: Black Widow Press, 2014. 321 pages, English only. ISBN 978-0-9856122-7-6. $24.) Available from your local independent bookstore, if you are lucky enough to have one, or on line from the usual sus-pects.

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Danish Folktales, Legends, and Other Stories

Tangherlini, Timothy R., ed. Danish Folktales, Legends, and Other Stories. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2014. ISBN 9780295992594. 280 pages. 50 USD (hardcover).

Danish Folktales, Legends, and Oth-er Stories is a collection of translat-ed and annotated Nordic folklore that presents full repertoires of five storytellers along with extensive ar-chival material. The printed book presents some of the most compel-ling stories of these five important storytellers along with historical and biographical introductions. Of a length suitable for course use, it provides a substantive and enjoy-able encounter with Danish folk-

lore. The Danish Folklore Nexus on the accompanying DVD in-cludes the storytellers’ full repertoires plus 500 additional stories in both Danish and English along with essays on the changing political, social, and economic landscapes of nineteenth-century Denmark, the history of folklore scholarship, critical approaches to folklore, and comprehensive biographies of the storytellers. It also provides links between related stories and interactive maps that allow readers to see where the stories are set and where they were collected, and a mechanism to search for themes and topics across all the stories.

The basis of the work is the collection of Evald Tang Kris-tensen (1843-1929). As a young schoolteacher Kristensen set out across Denmark to collect the folktales, ballads, legends, and stories that he saw as the vestiges of a disappearing folk culture. Over the course of five decades he collected thousands of sto-ries and kept detailed biographical notes about the storytellers he met.

Timothy Tangherlini is professor of folklore and chair of the Scandinavian Section at the University of California, Los Angeles.

The History of Fatherhood in Norway: 1850-2012

Lorentzen, Jørgen. The History of Fatherhood in Norway: 1850-2012. Houndmills, England: Palgrave Macmillan. 2014. 978-1137343376. 202 pages. 90.25 USD

The last two decades have seen a significant revolution in fatherhood in Norway and the Nordic countries. Statutory pa-ternity leave has been introduced, men write books about how wonderful it is to be a father, Prime Ministers are photographed holding their babies, new websites are continually appearing for fathers , and most importantly, statistics show that the average man now participates in the care of his children in a completely

different way than previously. Fathers seem to have a real desire to take their place in the home, and to be with their families and children.The first study of its kind, this book trac-es 150 years of the history of fatherhood in Scandinavia and shows how Scandinavian gender equality policy has important implications for the rest of the world. Among other interest-ing findings, Jørgen Lorentzen reveals that the modern-day rise

in equality fathering can be traced back to the 19th century. Ul-timately, the main aim of this study is to offer an understanding of fatherhood; how those who wrote, wrote about it, and what their texts can tell us about the changes in the thinking that surrounded this absolutely vital subject.

Jørgen Lorentzen is a Professor at the Center for Gender Research at University of Oslo, Norway. He has written several books and articles within the field of gender theory, cultural studies, literary analysis and masculinities, most recently Män i Norden: Manlighet och modernitet 1840-1940 [Nordic Men: Manliness and Modernity, 1840-1940]; Kjønnsforskning. En grunnbok [Gender Studies: An Introduction], and Maskulinitet [Masculinity]. He has been the project leader of several re-search projects, an active participant in gender debates all over the world, and a frequent speaker on issues relating to gender and masculinities.

Experiences of War and Nationality in Denmark and

Norway, 1807-1815 Glenthøj, Rasmus and Morten Nordhagen Ottosen. Experi-ences of War and Nationality in Denmark and Norway, 1807-1815. Houndmills, England: Palgrave MacMillan. 2014. 978-02-3030-281-5.344 pages. 85.65 USD

This book explores the impact of the Napoleonic wars on Danish-Norwegian society and accounts for war experi-ences and the transformation of identities among the popu-lar classes and educated élites alike. The united kingdoms of Denmark-Norway may appear to have been Napoleon’s most loyal ally, but, as this study shows, this was only because they had nowhere else to go. Finding itself at war with Brit-ain after the British attack on

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Copenhagen in 1807 and twice at war with Sweden, the Dan-ish-Norwegian government clung to Napoleon in defense of the territorial integrity of the multi-national Danish state. Converse-ly, this only served to compromise its unity as war, blockade, economic disruption and famine bred resentment in Denmark proper, Norway and the predominantly German duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. Norwegians and Holsteiners increasing-ly questioned Danish rule, and in this process common Danish identity revolving around loyalty to the dynastic state gave way to new identities and separatist sentiments and, eventually, a Nor-wegian declaration of national independence in 1814.

Rasmus Glenthøj is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Southern Denmark. He has previously worked at the Roy-al Library in Copenhagen and the Danish Folklore Archives. Glenthøj received the Ministry of Sciences’ Elite scholarship grant in 2009 and has written extensively on Scandinavia in the 19th Century.

Morten Nordhagen Ottosen is Researcher at the University of Oslo, Norway. His works include Popular Responses to Unpopular Wars: Resistance, Collaboration and Experiences in Norwegian Border-lands, 1807-1814 (2012), Samfunn i krig. Norden 1808-09 (ed. with R. Glenthøj, 2012), and Napoleon’s Europa, 1799-1815 (forthcom-ing).

Det norske demokratietBaldersheim, Harald og Øyvind Østerud, eds. Det norske demokratiet i det 21. århundre. Oslo: Fagbokforlaget, 2014. ISBN 97882450161472014. 380 pages. 399 NOK

Ved 200-årsjubileet for Grunnloven – hvilke ut-fordringer står det norske demokratiet overfor? Er det rimelig å forvente en fort-settelse av den skrittvise ut-videlsen og utdypingen av demokratiet som har preget den politiske utviklingen i Norge siden 1814? Hvor vil i så fall en slik utvikling føre oss? Boken belyser norsk suvereni-tets- og forfatningsutvikling, og analyserer demokratiet i komparativt perspektiv samt gjennomgår sentrale proble-

mer omkring politisk deltakelse og styring, herunder det lokale folkestyret.

Sammenlagt tegner forfatterne et bilde av det norske demokratiet preget av fleksibel suverenitetshevding, politisk stabilitet og folkelig legitimitet. Samspillet i systemet smøres av en politisk kompromisskultur som gjør mange motsetningsfylte trekk håndterbare. Men den norske demokratisk-politiske orden er avhengig av et delvis uforutsigbart internasjonalt stats- og markedssystem og av evne til leveranse av velferdsgoder. Settes disse forutsetningene i spill, kan den norske orden bringes ut av

balanse.

Boken er et resultat av tverrfaglig samarbeid innenfor ram-men av Demokratiprogrammet ved Universitetet i Oslo.

Redaktører er Harald Baldersheim og Øyvind Østerud, begge professorer i statsvitenskap ved Universitetet i Oslo.

Fridommens grenser 1814-1851Ulvund, Frode. Fridomens grenser 1814-1851. Handhevinga an den norske “jødeparagrafen”. Oslo: Spartacus, 2014. ISBN 9788230401187. 378 pages. 399 NOK

«Jesuiter og Munkeordener maae ikke taales. Jøder ere frem-deles udelukkede fra Adgang til Riget.» (1814).

«Jødeparagrafen» har gått inn i historia som ein pin-leg skamplett på Grunnlova. Forbodet mot jødar stod ved lag fram til 1851. Sjølv om paragrafen er godt kjend og berykta, er kjennskapen til paragrafen si verknadshis-torie liten. Korleis vart ut-estenginga av jødar handheva i praksis? Basert på tidlegare ubrukt kjeldemateriale vis-er boka at «jødeparagrafen» raskt vart tatt i bruk, og at ei rekke personar vart utsette

for bortdriving, utvising, store økonomiske krav eller fengsling. Før Grunnlova var eitt år gamal, var minst ni personar utviste eller fordrivne på grunn av forbodet.

Boka viser også at handhevinga av paragrafen utvikla seg frå ei prinsipiell og konsekvent utestenging til ei meir pragmatisk handheving. Det galdt særleg når det var i statsmakta sine eigne interesser. Boka diskuterer den norske politikken overfor jødar i ein brei europeisk kontekst. Sjølv om den norske lov givinga etter 1814 alt i si samtid vart oppfatta som særleg brutal, var den ikkje unik. Antijødiske haldningar og krav om antijødisk politikk var ikkje typisk norsk, men typisk europeisk.

Frode Ulvund er dr. philos. og førsteamanuensis i historie ved Universitetet i Bergen.

1814: Miraklenes årAlnæs, Karsten. 1814. Miraklenes år. Oslo: Schibsted, 2013. ISBN 978-8251636315. 592 pages. 399 NOK.

En flott historisk bok spekket med fargerike illustrasjoner.1814 var et dramatisk år i norsk historie. Norge fikk sin egen grunnlov, og resultatet av krigene ute i Europa førte til at landet vårt ble skilt fra Danmark og kom i union med Sverige. Boken

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forteller om grunnlovsarbeidet på Eidsvoll våren 1814 og valget av Christian Frederik til norsk konge. Forfatteren beskriver levende krigshandlingene i juli og august, etter at Karl Johans tropper gikk inn i Norge. Den korte, men dramatiske krigen endte med norsk nederlag, men vi fikk beholde Grunnloven.

Karsten Alnæs (født 1938) har skrevet en rekke romaner, en barnebok, flere fagbøker og historieverker som Historien om Norge og Historien om Europa. Av hans skjønnlitterære bøker kan nevnes Trollbyen (1992), Sabina (1994), En fremmed (2002), Ikke dø, Sophie (2009) og Grevens tid (2011).

ord / kjøtt: norsk scenedramatikk 1890–2000

Ivo de Figueiredo. ord/kjøtt: norsk scenedramatikk 1890-2000. Oslo: Capplen Damm, 2014. ISBN 9788202345792. 501pages. 499 NOK.

ord / kjøtt. Norsk scenedramatikk 1890–2000 er den første samlete fremstillingen av dramatikkens historie i Norge. Ivo de Figueire-do presenterer de viktigste drama-tikerne, nærleser tekstene deres og setter dem inn i en videre littera-tur- og teaterhistorisk sammen-heng. Boken er en engasjerende fremstilling av den rike, men langt på vei glemte, historien om norsk drama mellom Ibsens skygge og Fosses lys. I ord / kjøtt kan man

blant annet lese om dramatikerne Gunnar Heiberg, Knut Ham-sun, Ronald Fangen, Jens Bjørneboe, Tor Åge Bringsværd og Cecilie Løveid.

Ivo de Figueiredo er født i Langesund i 1966. Han er cand.philol. med hovedfag i historie og har publisert en rekke fagar-tikler om okkupasjonstiden, Nasjonal Samling og det norske rettsoppgjøret.

Ivo de Figueiredo har også skrevet bind 6 av Fredrikstad bys historie, “Mot et nytt årtusen” (1999). Sitt gjennombrudd fikk han i 2002 med biografien “Fri mann. Johan Bernhard Hjort - en dannelseshistorie”, som han ble tildelt Brageprisen for. Etter dette gikk de Figueiredo i gang med sin stort anlagte Ibsen-bi-ografi som består av to bind: “Henrik Ibsen. Mennesket” (2006) og “Henrik Ibsen. Masken” (2007). De Figueiredo er dessuten forfatter av “Slipp meg” (2006) - en prisbelønnet bok om Henrik Ibsen i tekst og bilder, skrevet for ungdom - og “Støv. En bok om Henrik Wergeland”, som han har fått Kirke- og kulturdepar-tementets fagbokpris 2008 for. Hans hittil siste bok er “Mysteriet Ingeborg Køber” (2010).

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